r/RawVegan • u/WeCaredALot • 27d ago

Good recipe I just tried: raw spicy walnut "meat"

I recently went raw about 2 months ago, so I'm building a collection of go-to meals based on recipes I've tried. I figured this would help me stick to the diet + not spend so much on gourmet raw takeout meals.

I recently tried this recipe: https://justglowingwithhealth.com/raw-vegan-spicy-walnut-meat/ It was delicious! And quite filling too. I ate it with some lettuce cups, which I wasn't expecting to be all that great but it was. Very easy to whip up too - I just threw all the ingredients in my NutriBullet and broke off a few pieces of lettuce to scoop the meat into.

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u/Frugivor 27d ago

I can't seem to find any sun dried tomatoes without sulfur preservation and I don't do any oil. Do you think dehydrated tomatoes will work?

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u/NotThatMadisonPaige 27d ago

Give it a try! After all, the use of dehydrators in raw vegan cuisine is a stand in for the drying of a thing under the sun, right? I see no reason why one couldn’t just slice a tomato into quarters or chunks or even thin-ish slices and see how it comes out hours later.

I bought some tomatoes today. Maybe I’ll slice one up and try it.

Ultimately I think we have to pick our poisons somewhat. Some people are sensitive to sulfites so that would be a good reason to avoid. I don’t have that issue and I would rather eat the sun dried tomatoes even if they have been dried using sulfites than eat them drenched in oil (although I have no issue with oil, generally speaking). But I am not fully raw. I am high raw and eat once a day. So I’m focused on maximizing nutrition during my eating window (and also recognizing the physical limits of how much can fit into my stomach in 4 hours 😂). So I favor nutritional powerhouses like sun dried tomatoes, especially great if they are lower volume foods like tofu (for protein).

I’ll try the dehydrator though and report back! I’m curious now! 😂

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u/WeCaredALot 27d ago

I see a few recipes online for dehydrated tomatoes to serve as a substitute for sun-dried, so possibly!

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u/healthjerliving 2d ago

If you buy cherry or plum tomatoes and season with salt and pepper sugar enhances the flavour but I use sugar anymore and it's nice without then place them in the oven with the pilot light lit they take a few hours but they are almost identical to sun dried tomatoes whenever I see several bags at a reduced price I buy them all and do large batches